Raymond Mays demonstrates the BRM V16 during an “Ancien Pilotes” demonstration race in the late 1960s. Photo: J Pearson Archive Aspiration...
Following the enthusiastic response from racers to the launch of the JD Classics Challenge, the new Historic race series for...
The Historic Racing Drivers Club (HRDC) has announced plans for an important invitation race for Classic & Historic Alfa Romeos at Donington Park on October 14 . The ethos behind this accessible invitation race is to promote a possible Series in 2019, which will champion close racing within a proper...
The 1920s and 1930s were not only a pivotal time in world history, they proved to be the crucible from...
1931 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Due to Jano’s suspension modifications over the ’31-’32 season, the 8C enjoys surprisingly flat handling...
Soon after motor vehicles were invented they were raced. Initially the contests were held on open roads, often from city to city. The very first I have been able to find documented involved two steam-driven tractors chugging between Madison and Green Bay, Wisconsin, on July 16, 1878. The problems of...
Let’s face it, the Alfa Romeo SZ will most likely trigger a fight or flight reaction. A car with such...
Car collector Corrado Lopresto has assembled the finest field of Italian automobiles in all of Italy (and possibly in the...
Only four names come to mind when one recalls which drivers have driven their self-constructed cars in World Championship Grands Prix. Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney and Bruce McLaren, of course, and they won with them too, but the other was a lesser-known man hailing from the southern tip of Africa....
The Alfa Romeo museum at Arese, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, has been placed under official supervision, the first...
One of the more interesting developments in the classic car hobby, over the past few years, has been the broader...
“Bellissima! The Italian Automotive Renaissance, 1945–1975,” will celebrate the visual dynamism and spirit of innovation embodied by Italian coachbuilt cars, concept cars and motorcycles produced during the post–World War II economic revival. Set for Nashville, Tennessee’s Frist Center from May 27 through October 9, 2016, “Bellissima!” boasts powerful and extraordinary...
The grounds of a stately home provide the ideal setting for a gleaming display of Ferraris, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Alfas, Fiats,...
Following their highly successful “GT & Sports Car Cup” race series now in its third season, Flavien and Vanessa Marçais...
1933 Alfa-Cadillac “Keenan Wynn Special” Looks like an Alfa…but looks can be deceiving. The “Keenan Wynn Special” stretches its legs on an empty stretch of road in Arizona’s Saguaro National Park. Photo: Casey Annis It’s enough to make any self-respecting purist cringe. Take a seductive 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300,...
1967 Brabham BT24-Repco Sometimes all your birthdays and Christmases come at once. Shaking down the BT24 on Australia’s legendary Phillip...
Jacques Laffite has enjoyed a reputation for many years as an open and straightforward person, willing to talk seriously about...
As a young boy James Mitchell shared his father’s hobby and passion for classic and historic cars. Always fascinated by history, his education took him on a very different journey as he studied and gained a degree in Theology at Edinburgh University. However, on a train journey home, reading a...
Monoposto! The racing record of the Alfa Romeo Type B is the stuff of legends. The name evokes the images...
Bernd Rosemeyer Ferdinand Porsche 6 Chris Amon wins the Pukekoke, New Zealand, Tasman Cup race (1968). 7 Gioacchini Colombo joins...
Paul Newman Carroll ShelbyPhoto: Jim Williams 1 Sports car racer James R. “Hap” Sharp is born (1928). 6 Indy racer Dick Rathman is born (1926). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only....
Jim Stokes is a boyish-looking 49 and has spent the better part of his life among some of the finest...
Fluent in six languages, tall, with regular features set off by an immaculately clipped goatee beard and moustache, Jo Bonnier...
With no fewer than 32 world championship victories to his credit, Jochen Mass is one of the most successful sports car racers of all time. He was only beaten to the unofficial title of the most successful by his longtime co-driver, Jacky Ickx, who has 37 wins. Born in Munich,...
When we presented the first part of our continuing interview with F1 design legend John Barnard last March, VR Contributing Editor...
John GrantPhoto: Kary Jiggle John Grant is the current Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, and since taking on...
John Watson was one of those rare beasts: an Irish Grand Prix winner. It was a feat pulled off by the number of his countrymen you could count on the fingers of one hand, and when you add to the equation the fact that he was also a successful world...
Now, here was a giant killer. A man who beat the hell out of Mercedes-Benz at least twice and won...
A.J. Foyt Mike Costin 1 A.J. Foyt drives a Coyote-Foyt to victory in the USAC Championship race at Pocono, Pennsylvania,...
Denny HulmePhoto: Hal Crocker Jim ClarkPhoto: Trevor Taylor Collection 2 The TWR Jaguar XJR-6 is driven for the first time in a test session at Snetterton, England, by Martin Brundle (1985). 3 Michael Kranefuss, NASCAR team owner and one-time head of racing at Ford, born (1938). Become a Member &...
